Democratic
presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign got a boost from Oprah Winfrey as
the former vice-president made a surprise appearance on a virtual conversation,
days ahead of the pivotal November 3 election.

Hosted by Winfrey,
the

‘get-out-the-vote’

Zoom conversation is focused on the encouraging Black women to vote, according
to a report in Deadline.

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When asked
about his source of strength in the run up to the elections, Biden said his
faith, family and “what I know about America” strengthens him.

94-year-old
woman voter Mildred Madison, who also made an appearance on the conversation, said
her son drove her 300 miles from Illinois, where she had been living during the
pandemic, to her home state of Michigan where she could vote.

“You know, I have said we are in a battle for the soul of America. You are the soul of America. You are everything we stand for,” Biden told Madison. 

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Winfrey has been regularly hosting virtual conversations as part of her OWN Your Vote initiative. She campaigned for former president Barack Obama in 2008 and while she endorsed Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2016, she mostly sat out of the campaign. 

During the conversation, Biden recalled the time when Obama asked him to become his running mate. 

“I told him I didn’t want to do it. This is public knowledge now. I thought I could help him more as a US Senator,” Biden said. 

He said it was his mother that convinced him to change his mind. 

“I said, ‘Oh Mom, what are you doing to me?’ I said yes I will, and so I picked up the phone and called Barack, because my Mom, like you, wasn’t about to take no for an answer. It was about an obligation, about what you are supposed to do,” Biden said.